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Mental health resources and minimum wage top Johnson County’s 2020 priorities
JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) – Johnson County supervisors are asking state lawmakers for help with regulations on mental health facilities and the ability to set their own minimum wage in 2020. “We feel we’re the best situated to make decisions for our own constituents and we’d like to see the legislature reflect that,” Board of …
Healthcare providers use telemedicine to provide mental healthcare
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Getting treatment for mental health problems such as anxiety and depression can be difficult because of the distance to a provider or because of the cost of treatment. But computers and tablets are changing that. Last year, the Barren River Initiative to Get Healthy, or BRIGHT, recommended using telemedicine, which involves …
Guardant Health and Amgen to Develop CDx Test for AMG 510 in KRAS G12C+ NSCLC
To support the commercialization of the blood-based companion diagnostic (CDx) test Guardant360 CDx for AMG 510, Guardant Health, Inc, will collaborate with Amgen, developer of AMG 510, and pursue an FDA Pre-Market Approval as a CDx for AMG 510 in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a KRAS G12C mutation, according to a press …
Health advocates call for action to stem youth e-cig use
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Public health advocates have rallied at Kentucky’s Capitol to push for legislation aimed at reducing smoking and e-cigarette use among young people. A group called the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow on Tuesday urged Kentucky lawmakers to impose an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes. Another measure backed by the …
Feehery: Republicans need to get on the same page on health care
Health care will most likely not be the defining issue for race for president. But ignoring the issue could be a catastrophic mistake for Republicans interested in retaking the House and keeping the Senate. Any campaign for the White House rarely comes down to one single issue. Voters decide who they will support based on …
Democrats Criticize AG’s Health Care Proposal | News, Sports, Jobs
Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, flanked by, Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, left, and Sen. Richard Lindsay, D-Kanawha, criticizes a plan by Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to protect health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. CHARLESTON — A plan from Republican state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to protect people with pre-existing medical conditions if the Affordable …
Bay District Schools implementing state-mandated mental health curriculum
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Parents may have received a letter recently from Bay District Schools explaining the new state mandated mental health curriculum to be implemented in schools this school year. For more information on the district’s plan for the curriculum, visit the Bay District Schools website and check under “Mental Health.” (GOOGLE) “There …
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript – Manufacturing and health care jobs on the rise
With less than 3 percent of New Hampshire residents unemployed, competition remains fierce for workforce, particularly in growing fields, such as education and health services and manufacturing. New Hampshire’s unemployment rate sits at 2.6 percent, as of fall of 2019, meaning it has one of the top five lowest unemployment rates in the country, behind …
Urgent health challenges for the next decade
As a new year and a new decade kick off, WHO is releasing a list of urgent, global health challenges. This list, developed with input from our experts around the world, reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in core health priorities and systems. This puts lives, livelihoods and economies …
Trump knocks ‘mini Mike Bloomberg’ over health care, ‘false advertising’
President TrumpDonald John TrumpCoalition forms to back Trump rollback of major environmental law Canadian CEO blasts Trump over downed plane in Iran: ‘I am livid’ Business groups worry they won’t see a Phase 2 Trump-China trade deal MORE on Monday lashed out at former New York City mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful Michael BloombergMichael Rubens Bloomberg’Trade is …
